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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Callichromatini » Plinthocoelium » Bumelia Borer (Plinthocoelium suaveolens) » Plinthocoelium suaveolens plicatum
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very large green and orange beetle - Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Copyright © 2008 Jim McCulloch

very large green and orange beetle - Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 12, 2008
Size: 1.5 to 2 inches maybe
spectacular iridescent green on top, orange abdomen and legs

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very large green and orange beetle - Plinthocoelium suaveolens very large green and orange beetle - Plinthocoelium suaveolens
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Contributed by Jim McCulloch on 12 June, 2008 - 8:02pm
Last updated 30 September, 2009 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from Bumelia Borer.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2009 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Should be...
...subspecies plicatum, based on locality and lack of any cupreous reflections.
… Ted C. MacRae, 30 September, 2009 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

Plinthocoelium suaveolens...
...always an impressive find!
… Ted C. MacRae, 13 June, 2008 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

I'm not much of a Help
But I must say I absolutely love the colors of this bug.
… Cody R. Hough, 12 June, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

ID
Looks like one of the lovely Cerambycines in the genus Plinthocoelium.
… Andy Calderwood, 12 June, 2008 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
another photo
I just added a sharper photo, a more ventral view of the same beetle
… Jim McCulloch, 12 June, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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